Receipt of cardiac screening does not influence 1-year post–cerebrovascular event mortality
Sico JJ, Baye F, Myers LJ, Concato J, Ferguson J, Cheng EM, Jadbabaie F, Yu Z, Arling G, Zillich AJ, Reeves MJ, Williams LS, Bravata DM. Receipt of cardiac screening does not influence 1-year post–cerebrovascular event mortality. Neurology Clinical Practice 2018, 8: 192-200. PMID: 30105158, PMCID: PMC6075977, DOI: 10.1212/cpj.0000000000000465.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCardiac stress testingCoronary heart diseaseStroke/TIACardiac screeningCerebrovascular diseaseStress testingOccult coronary heart diseaseIschemic stroke/TIAChest pain historyCommon Procedural Terminology codesVA emergency departmentIntermediate-risk patientsCardiac risk scoreDays of dischargeHigh-risk patientsObservational cohort studyAcute care facilitiesExpert consensus guidelinesRoutine clinical practiceProcedural Terminology codesEligible patientsCerebrovascular eventsCohort studyPain historyConsensus guidelines